'Three killed' as gunmen attack new Darfur camp

Three people were killed and several injured Monday when gunmen travelling by camel and pick-up truck attacked a new camp in Sudan’s Darfur for people displaced by the latest escalation in the region’s war, sources said. The assailants used rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns in the attack on the camp in the North Darfur town of Sortoni, where thousands of people had taken refuge from fresh fighting between government troops and the rebel Sudan Liberation Army led by Abdulwahid Nur. Residents of the camp said the gunmen launched two attacks — one in the afternoon, followed by a bigger assault in the evening.